An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. Get Rich Quick The discovery ... immigrants learned mining was the hardest kind of labor. They moved rock, dug dirt and waded into freezing ...

Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896. The big “rock” — later ...

One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit ...

The Center, the California Native Plant Society and botanist ... is also located in the area where K2 Gold planned to build roads. Nearly every population of the rock daisy and the largest population ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold ... immigrants learned mining was the hardest kind of labor. They moved rock, dug dirt and waded into freezing streams.